TEACHING PLAN

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS & INTERNAL SECURITY

(G.S. MAINS PAPER – II)

MR. RAHUL PURI

Also, faculty of:
 Faculty of International Relations & Security
 Optional Political Science & International Relations

SUGGESTED READINGS
 Exhaustive study of Comprehensive Blue Workbooks and Class Notes.
 For Current Affairs: Daily News Simplified (DNS) YouTube Videos Lessons and Focus Monthly
Magazine and C3 Magazine by Rau’s IAS Study Circle.

 India and its neighbourhood- relations.

 Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or
affecting India’s interests
 Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s
SYLLABUS
interests, Indian-diaspora.
OF
 Important International institutions, agencies and fora-their structure, mandate.
UPSC
 Linkages between development and spread of extremism.
 Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal
security.
 Challenges to internal security through communication networks, role of media

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and social networking sites in internal security challenges, basics of cyber security;
money-laundering and its prevention
 Security challenges and their management in border areas; linkages of organized
crime with terrorism
 Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate
The basic philosophy of the module of International Relationship is to make
students become aware about the recent developments & happenings in the field of
International Geopolitics. Other than knowing what is happening in the present
BASIC scenario things need to be integrated with the past events.
PHILOSOPHY Students need to understand the broader aspects of International relations, the
OF objectives of our foreign policy, the themes which governs our foreign policy outlook,
THE MODULE the issues & aspects which are important and relevant from UPSC point of view.
In Security module we need to discuss different aspects of threats to India’s integrity
and sovereignty (for e.g. regionalism, communalism, naxalism, etc.), the agencies
involved in countering those threats, the aspect of peace & development &
democracy.
The syllabus of IR & Security given by UPSC is indicative only. The actual syllabus of
REAL SYLLABUS
this section is much more and the details can be explored only after combining the
VS. APPARENT
syllabus with the previous years’ questions to create all the possible DIMENSIONS
SYLLABUS
from which the questions may be asked.

LECTURE PLAN: Based on the above mentioned method of framing the detailed syllabus a lecture plan
is given below:
MODULE – I
S.NO. TOPICS SUBTOPICS WORK BOOKS
 Syllabus Structure
 Question pattern
 Answer writing approach
1. Approach and Strategy
 Sources of study
 Basic terminology used in the
syllabus of IR
Concentric Circle Approach
 Idealism
of India’s Foreign Policy &
2.  Realism
Theories which govern IR &
 Liberalism
Geopolitics
WORK BOOK – 1
 What are non-state actors
 Types of non-state actors
Role of Non State Actors in IR  Role of non-state actors in
3. & Cold War Geopolitics & Geopolitics
India’s Response to it  Evolution of cold war
 Response of India towards Cold
War – NAM
United Nations & Its  United Nations (UN) and its
4. Relevance in contemporary objectives
world  Relevance of UN

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 Case for India for a permanent
seat in UNSC
 Types of threats
5. Basics of Internal security  Concept of Peace, Development &
Democracy

MODULE –1 INTRODUCES AND DISCUSSES THE BASICS OF BOTH IR AND IS TO HELP

STUDENTS BETTER UNDERSTAND SUCH ISSUES WHICH COME IN NEWSPAPERS.

MODULE – II
 Tashkhand Agreement
 Shimla Agreement
Indo-Pakistan Relationship &  Present Deadlock
6.
Kashmir Issue  Issue of Balochistan
 Cold war geopolitics and its
influence on Indo-Pak r/p
 Areas of cooperation
 Areas of Divergence
Indo- China relationship with
7.  Strings of Pearl & OBOR
U.S factor
 Issue of South China Sea
 Pivot to Asia policy of the US

 Areas of cooperation
India – Sri Lanka & WORK BOOK – 2
8.  Areas of Divergence
India Bangladesh
 Timelines
Indo-Bhutan &  Areas of Cooperation
9.
Indo Nepal relationship  Areas of Divergence
 What is Taliban & Al-Qaeda
 Difference between good Taliban
India-Afghanistan & bad-Taliban
10.
relationship  NWFP & FATA
 Areas of Cooperation
 Areas of Divergence
 Constitutional crises in Maldives
11. India- Maldives & SAARC
 Objectives & Challenges of SAARC
 Agenda of look west and look
Look West Policy north policy
13. WORK BOOK - 3
& look North Policy  Geopolitics of central-Asia and the
relevance of SCO for India
 When & Why of LEP
Look East Policy (LEP) &
14.  Indo-ASEAN relationship
ASEAN
 LEP to Act East WORK BOOK – 4
Indo-Israel relationship &  Israel- Palestine issue and India’s
15.
India-Iran relationship stand on it
16. India-Us & Indo –Russia  Defence relationship with two WORK BOOK – 5

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Relationship  Pivot to Asia policy of the US
 Emerging Russia-Pak-China nexus
Indo-Japan Relationship &  Nuclear deal with Japan WORK BOOK – 6
17.
India-EU relationship  Challenges in India-EU relationship
India-UK & Indo-France
relationship, India &  Areas of cooperation WORK BOOK – 7
18. Common-Wealth, BRICS, IBSA  Areas of Divergence
and Indian Diaspora (and its  After BREXIT
importance)
 Importance of Africa for India
19 India- Africa  Challenges and positives in Indo-
Africa r/p
 Naxalism/Left wing Extremism
 Terrorism/Media & terrorism
 Cyber Security
 NE Insurgency WORK BOOK OF
20. Issues of security
 Communal Violence INTERNAL SECURITY
 Boarder Management and
Maritime security (Challenges in
the Indian Ocean region)